Clusters could require Clarksville City Council approval

7:31 PM,
Mar. 27, 2013

Written by

Lester Black
Leaf-Chronicle

The City Council may get approval power over cluster subdivisions - the subdivisions that allow developers to divide parcels of land into smaller, but not more, lots in order to build on trickier parcels of land - if a proposed amendment passes.

The amendment, which is proposed by Councilwoman Deanna McLaughlin, would make cluster subdivisions a form of an overlay on top of the underlying zoning designation. That would give the City Council the right to say yes or no to any cluster division in the city.

If you want to rezone land - say, from agricultural district to single family residential ...